FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 657 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...MARRERO...HARVEY...
GRETNA...AVONDALE...
EAST CENTRAL LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW ORLEANS...EAST NEW ORLEANS...
NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE...
SOUTHWESTERN ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 650 PM CST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL IS MOVING ACROSS THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA. EXPECTED
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING ON
SATURATED SOIL MAY PRDUCE FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3005 9024 3005 9001 3014 8990 3015 8985
3011 8980 3017 8974 3003 8970 3004 8981
2997 8983 2996 8969 2992 8972 2988 8965
2958 8956 2956 8962 2957 8956 2954 8954
2951 9012 2957 9018 2951 9018 2951 9029
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 422 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...
IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...LOWER JEFFERSON...LOWER LAFOURCHE...
LOWER PLAQUEMINES...LOWER ST. BERNARD...LOWER TERREBONNE...
ORLEANS...POINTE COUPEE...ST. CHARLES...ST. HELENA...ST.
JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...
UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE...UPPER PLAQUEMINES...UPPER
ST. BERNARD...UPPER TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE
AND WEST FELICIANA. IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AMITE...
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL
AND WILKINSON.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WARM MOIST GULF AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION AND PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROGH THE
AREAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BRING AN END TO THE HEAVY RAIN
THREAT.
GENERAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WATCH
AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...
RUNOFF HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE FLOODING EVEN QUICKER THAN
THAT WHICH OCCURRED SATURDAY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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24/RR
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